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General Motors ’ Commitment to Diversity
Read the vignette “ General Motors ’ Commitment to Diversity ” at the end of Chapter 3 . This vignette explores General Motors . Back in the 1980s , valuing diversity was far from the minds of the leadership at General Motors . True , GM had established a program to promote minority-owned dealerships , but there were problems within the company . Women and minorities complained to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that the carmaker was discriminating against them . In 1984 , the EEOC and GM reached a $ 42.4 million settlement in which GM promised to promote women and minorities into management positions . Since then , the company has never swerved from that effort at inclusiveness . Today GM garners praise as a company that far exceeds legal standards for equal employment opportunity .
Directions
Read the vignette “ General Motors ’ Commitment to Diversity ” at the end of Chapter 3 . Imagine that you are a consultant to GM and have been asked to help them identify ways to avoid discrimination . Write a 500-word business memo to GM leadership answering the questions below . Follow the memo format in the Business Memo example provided here : http :// extmedia . kaplan . edu / business / AB 203 / AB 203 _ 1402A / 203 _ memoexample . pdf . Note that APA style is NOT required for business memos .